Panorama – 1984
Episodes
Episode 1
Vietnam: Children of the Dust
The Illusive Peace (Israel and the PLO)
Maggie's Militant Tendency
Will the Cap Fit?
Hands That Once Picked Cotton
The Television Revolution
The Electric Shock
Bitter Sweet Pill
Super Tuesday
America's Other Election
The Habit the Government Won't Break
The Certain Road to Absurdity
The Prime Minister
Robin Day interviews Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Downing Street.
On Course for War
The Coal War
The prospect of closure for collieries across Britain is believed to be pushing moderate areas towards more militant approaches. Led by Arthur Scargill of the National Union of Mineworkers, many believe that participation in the strike is their only hope of securing a future for the mining industry. In the studio, Scargill and Ned Smith of the National Coal Board discuss the issues surrounding this wave of industrial action.
The Bradford Experiment
David Lomax reports on the policies Bradford council has devised to meet the needs of the city's Muslim Asian schoolchildren and combat the lack of integration, poor attendance and attainment among that community - while simultaneously trying to not alienate the white majority.
The Stolen Children
The President's World
A Vote For Europe?
Turning The Mersey Tide
The Battle Against Heroin
The Police Bill: Excessive Force?
Living Dangerously
Limehouse Blues
Is The Coal Face Crumbling?
Six months into the miners' strike, 'Panorama' speaks to all sides about the ongoing dispute. Representatives of the National Coal Board explain their 'back to work' policy, while those who have already returned to work explain their decision and their feelings about being branded 'scabs'. We also hear from the wives of the miners still on strike, whose fury over strike-breakers matches their determination to win the battle.
Prisoners Of Zion
Live from Labour Party Conference
Thatcher Revolution: What Next?
The Battle For Power
Rethinking The Unthinkable
The Sale Of The Century?
Four More Years?
Justice Under Fire
Profile of recent shoot to kill incidents and supergrass trials. Panorama asks, can terror be defeated by ordinary law of the land and what rules should govern the Sectarian Forces.
Spain: The Carrot And The Stick
Scandal Down Under
Wasting Welfare
To the bitter end?
With the winter of 1984 biting, and a solution to the Miners' Strike no nearer, Panorama spends 10 days filming exclusively with the police and the striking miners themselves in South Yorkshire.